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Populate! update #13 (Face Books)
Behind the scenes
Thirty books...over forty faces at the Peterborough Street Library. Face Books (opening May 11, just after our birthday) brings together an array of portraits from artist's books drawn from the Gallery's library.
The library has been actively acquiring artist's books and fine private press publications over the past four years or so with the help of some very generous friends of the Gallery including Jim Barr and Mary Barr, Max Gimblett, Alan Loney and Leo Bensemann's family.
Portraits by artists as varied as Edward Burne-Jones, Aubrey Beardsley, Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall, Max Gimblett, Eileen Mayo, Richard Killeen, Julian Dashper and Colin McCahon are included...here are three of my favourites.
Richard Killeen Untitled (1992) digital print. Richard Killeen How may we learn, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney, 1992. Collection Robert and Barbara Stewart Library and Archives, Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, presented by Jim Barr and Mary Barr.
Edward Burne-Jones Syr Isambrace (c.1896) wood-engraving. Syr Isambrace, Kelmscott Press, Hammersmith, 1897. Collection Robert and Barbara Stewart Library and Archives, Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū.
Max Gimblett Untitled, 2005, pencil and ink. Max Gimblett, Searchings: selections from the artist's Journals chosen and arranged by Alan Loney, Holloway press, Auckland, 2005. Collection Robert and Barbara Stewart Library and Archives, Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, presented by Alan Loney.